This morning we got up really, really, early and Pierfrancesco picked us up and took us to the train station in Florence. It was sad to say goodbye and he watched our train leave the station.

Our first train was a EuroStar to Milan. When we were going through a tunnel, the train slowed to a stop for no reason that was told to us. We were a little worried because we were in a tunnel in the dark for about 10 minutes. Then the train started up again and everything seemed fine.

Once we got out of the tunnel, we stopped again on a bridge and waited about 5 minutes. Then we started again and made our way to Milan. Once we got off of the EuroStar, we went to the next platform to catch a fast train to Geneva. We were in a compartment that had room for six passengers. It was during our time on this train that the eclipse happened. My dad and I took out some cardboard and made a pinhole camera. I held it to the window in the passageway of the train and saw the image of the eclipse on the cardboard. It was really cool! The picture from the eclipse is at Space Weather dot Com.

We arrived in Geneva at about 5:00 pm and we got a taxi to our hotel. It was really close to the train station and the taxi driver was very grumpy to take us such a short distance. My dad gave her a nice tip and she cheered up.

After unpacking, we went for a walk into Old Geneva and found a Thai restaurant. We had a delicious meal with all of favorite Thai food. After dinner, we walked back and it was beautiful. I am excited for tomorrow because my parents have promised me a pocketwatch and we will go looking for one.